guess he was a Sigma Nu??, there's something in that book, Easy Co. Soldier
here are some tidbits on the film:
Dexter Lake Club, the venue where Otter, Boon, Flounder and Pinto found their favorite music group, Otis Day and the Knights, singing "Shama Lama Ding Dong." The 1978 film was shot throughout Lane County, but the club near the lake with the neon sign is one of the most recognizable locations. Now the 50-plus-year-old building, which in recent years has served as a diner and floral shop, is on the market with an asking price of $259,000.
For the most part, shooting was one big party, says Wilson, who recalls the late author Ken Kesey, the Merry Pranksters and musician Robert Cray being on set.
A former Eugene resident, Cray played the role of the bassist for Otis Day and the Knights. Kesey, a resident of Pleasant Hill, was reportedly a fan and a friend of Cray's.
"We just had so much fun," Wilson recalls. "That was back in the day when film was fun and creative."
The final scene in "Animal House" was shot at the same time as the Dexter Lake Club sequences. The character of Bluto (John Belushi) and Mandy the sorority girl (Mary Louise Weller) drive off into the sunset in a convertible, and Dexter Lake can be seen in the background.
Toga Party in Cottage Grove, Sept. 3
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Exterior was a trashed out frat. house on 11th that was later knocked down
the motorcycle scene was filmed using the staircase in the foyer of Sigma Nu, UO campus
toga party scene -- basement of Sigma Nu
mock homecoming parade and other scenes filmed in downtown Cottage Grove
dilapidated prison halfway house that served as the "Animal House" exterior was torn down in 1986
The Dexter Lake Club (East of Eugene), where Bluto and the boys tangled with local toughs, is now Demeter's Cafe. The former bar is now a craft boutique. But owner Sherrie Sims says the neon sign immortalized in the film still lights up.
exterior of the Sigma Nu house, for instance, served as the sorority where John Belushi's "Bluto" character climbed a ladder to window peep at half-clad co-eds. Also recognizable are UO dormitories and athletic fields, the EMU "fishbowl," Knight Library and Johnson Hall.
Also still intact is the downtown Cottage Grove building - then the Holloman Ford car dealership - where a runaway parade float crashed through the wall and into a car on the showroom floor -- the crew framed a fake front into a rollup door
interior scenes shot in the Sigma Nu Frat. house